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BONES BECOMING FLEXIBLE.
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an iron ladle, and gave Grove such a dreadful blow on the
head as to fracture his skull; but what is most extraordinary,
Grove continued at work until his face was so covered with
blood that he could not see ; he then deliberately washed
himself, and walked to the surgery, where it was found ne-
cessary to remove part of the skull, which was forced in on
the brain. His resolution did not even then forsake him,
and he submitted quietly to the formidable operation of tre-
panning, without further complaint, than that the man hold-
ing him, occasionally hurt his leg, which, he said, was an un-
necessary pain. After several pieces of bone had been
removed from the brain, and his head dressed, he proposed
walking home. Johnson has been discharged from the yard,
and is in gaol, until the result of the accident is known.
Times, Aug. 20, 1817.
SUDDEN SINKING OF THE EARTH.
Petersburgh, July 30, 1817.—The ground of a village,
distant twenty-two versts from Abo, has sunk suddenly to the
depth of many fathoms, and twelve peasants’ houses have
been buried in a manner that no trace remains of their former
position. A similar event happened at the same place, in
the years 1755 and 1788. Among other unknown causes
of this phenomenon, it is attributed to the situation of the
village upon a swampy soil, and to a river which flows beside
it. It is not stated, whether any lives were lost.
Morning Post, Aug. 30,, 1817.
BONES BECOMING FLEXIBLE.
In the Philosophical Transactions, No. 470, and Abridg-
ment of Vol. VIII. p. 682, Mr. Sylvanus Bevan, F.R.S.
communicates the following extraordinary case :
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an iron ladle, and gave Grove such a dreadful blow on the
head as to fracture his skull; but what is most extraordinary,
Grove continued at work until his face was so covered with
blood that he could not see ; he then deliberately washed
himself, and walked to the surgery, where it was found ne-
cessary to remove part of the skull, which was forced in on
the brain. His resolution did not even then forsake him,
and he submitted quietly to the formidable operation of tre-
panning, without further complaint, than that the man hold-
ing him, occasionally hurt his leg, which, he said, was an un-
necessary pain. After several pieces of bone had been
removed from the brain, and his head dressed, he proposed
walking home. Johnson has been discharged from the yard,
and is in gaol, until the result of the accident is known.
Times, Aug. 20, 1817.
SUDDEN SINKING OF THE EARTH.
Petersburgh, July 30, 1817.—The ground of a village,
distant twenty-two versts from Abo, has sunk suddenly to the
depth of many fathoms, and twelve peasants’ houses have
been buried in a manner that no trace remains of their former
position. A similar event happened at the same place, in
the years 1755 and 1788. Among other unknown causes
of this phenomenon, it is attributed to the situation of the
village upon a swampy soil, and to a river which flows beside
it. It is not stated, whether any lives were lost.
Morning Post, Aug. 30,, 1817.
BONES BECOMING FLEXIBLE.
In the Philosophical Transactions, No. 470, and Abridg-
ment of Vol. VIII. p. 682, Mr. Sylvanus Bevan, F.R.S.
communicates the following extraordinary case :